EPISODE · Jun 11, 2024 · 59 MIN
75. D is for Dancing Plague
from The Anxiety Encyclopedia · host Lorien Megill and Katharine McNally
Katharine tells Lorien about the original boogie fever. Sources: https://www.history.com/news/what-was-the-dancing-plague-of-1518 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_plague_of_1518 https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220512-the-people-who-danced-themselves-to-death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hysteria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_neuron https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_psychogenic_illness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanganyika_laughter_epidemic https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC543940/
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Katharine tells Lorien about the original boogie fever. Sources: https://www.history.com/news/what-was-the-dancing-plague-of-1518 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_plague_of_1518 https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220512-the-people-who-danced-themselves-to-death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hysteria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_neuron https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_psychogenic_illness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanganyika_laughter_epidemic https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC543940/
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